Brenda Blethyn has announced she is quitting her role as DCI Vera Stanhope in the hit ITV drama Vera after 14 series - and the show's creative director has called it 'the end of an era'.
TV icon Brenda Blethyn has announced she will be leaving her acclaimed role as the titular character in Vera after 14 series, sharing an emotional farewell. The Academy and Emmy nominated actress is set to retire DCI Vera Stanhope's iconic trench coat and hat after the completion of series 14 this summer.
Kate Bartlett, the show's Creative Director, also paid tribute, stating: "It is the end of an era and has been an extraordinary journey over fourteen amazing series of Vera. So many wonderful and talented people have been involved in the making of Vera across all the series, but none of us would be here without two incredible women: firstly, the absolutely extraordinary talent of the inimitable Brenda Blethyn.
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She also pointed out their common shared history saying: "They have all of that early history together. I wouldn't have continued if David had not agreed to come back. I just didn't want to start another board game with somebody else when I know I'm not going to do many more. And who would want to do it anyway?".
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